ANOTHER BAD APPLE IN GOP BARREL

The one shred of truth from Rep. Joe Driver, District 113 was the statement to the Dallas Morning News that he wasn't the only one Double Dipping. Now we learn that two media outlets are conducting an investigation of Larry Taylor, District 24 for the same over billing and pocketing tax payer dollars for travel and expenses.

We find a common interest of both Joe Driver and Larry Taylor. It seems Joe Diver is a Insurance Broker for State Farm and the Joe Driver Agency in Garland,Texas.. Larry Taylor is on the Texas House Insurance Committee that has oversight of the Texas Insurance Commission. I wonder if this is a common thread in the Insurance industry to Charge Twice for the same expense.

Again, we must suppose that Rep. Larry Taylor didn't report this extra income to the IRS which is supposed to dwarf the amount pocketed by Joe Driver. The Texas House of Representatives has a few rotten apples that were thrown back in the barrel by voters to add a stench of corruption to the House. The Travis County District Attorney and US Attorney are going to have their hands full throwing the Bad Apples from the barrel.

We also learned that Rep. Leo Berman of Tyler has filed complaints with the Ethics Commission and the Travis County DA against Speaker Straus for Bribery in that he gave over $100,000 to have the Campaigns of Joe Driver, Linda Harper-Brown and four others in return for their vote for Speaker. You know it's just as illegal to accept a bribe as it is to offer one. As I have quoted before - " A public man can't be just a little crooked" (Calvin Coolidge)


Larry Taylor



Linda Harper-Brown



Joe Driver